Rodolfo Cortes Barragan - Independent Voter News

The Exact Way the DNC will Deny Bernie Sanders the 2020 Nomination

They say it’s impossible to predict the future, but we all know that history has a way of repeating itself, and the pre-determined outcome of the 2020 race

By Rodolfo Cortes Barragan

April 26, 2019

In Wake of Local GOP Collapse, Millennial Candidates Push Third Parties

California is a blue state, but Los Angeles County is way blue: Clinton bested Trump by 50 percentage points. Few local elected officials belong to the GOP, and only 18%

By Rodolfo Cortes Barragan

May 11, 2018

NBC-Wall Street Journal Poll - Used by CPD - Disadvantages Low-Income Americans

In recent years, the issue of widening income inequality has ignited a national conversation. It perhaps reached a fever pitch during U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president, as

By Rodolfo Cortes Barragan

October 4, 2016

New Evidence Shows Johnson Likely Closer to 15% Than CPD Polls Suggest

There’s a big problem with the phone polls carried out by the major networks: They only represent the one percent of American voters who are willing to answer an

By Rodolfo Cortes Barragan

September 29, 2016

The Curious Case of Bob Schieffer: Does the Debate Commission Tolerate Dissent?

According to the internet’s wayback machine, retired CBS broadcaster Bob Schieffer was a member of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) between September 2015 and December 2015. This is

By Rodolfo Cortes Barragan

September 22, 2016

Debate Commission Co-Chairs Cross Ethical Line with Political Donations

The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Friday that only Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and their respective running mates will be included in the first presidential debates. The announcement comes

By Rodolfo Cortes Barragan

September 16, 2016

Conflict of Interest: Debate Commission's 'Nonpartisan' Poll Actually Run by Top Party Consultants

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) claims that it uses “nonpartisan criteria” to select participants for the presidential debates. However, publicly available information shows that one of the polls used

By Rodolfo Cortes Barragan

September 15, 2016

CNN Presidential Polls - Used by CPD - Shortchange an Entire Generation

This election season has seen groundbreaking engagement of young people from across the political spectrum. At the moment, many are looking beyond the two establishment parties to Governor Gary Johnson

By Rodolfo Cortes Barragan

September 5, 2016

Fox News Poll Drastically Under-Samples Independents; 1 of 5 Polls Used by CPD

Are the polls representative? The case of independent voters In a year of disillusion with the two-party system, many Americans believe that the next president should arise from a

By Rodolfo Cortes Barragan

September 2, 2016